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Organization and Description of Business

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Organization and Description of Business
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Organization and Description of Business

Note 1 – Organization and Description of Business

 

MyMD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a Delaware corporation (“MyMD”) that was incorporated in New Jersey prior to the Reincorporation (as defined below). These condensed consolidated financial statements include two wholly owned subsidiaries as of March 31, 2024, Akers Acquisition Sub, Inc. and Bout Time Marketing Corporation, (together, the “Company”). All material intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

MYMD-1 is an oral, next-generation TNF-α inhibitor with the potential to transform the way TNF-α based diseases are treated due to its selectivity and ability to cross the blood brain barrier. Its ease of oral dosing is a significant differentiator compared to currently available TNF-α inhibitors, all of which require delivery by injection or infusion. MYMD-1 has also been shown to selectively block TNF-α action where it is overactivated without preventing it from doing its normal job of responding to routine infection. MYMD-1 is doubly effective at inhibiting inflammation by blocking both TNF-a and IL-6 activity, whereas currently approved anti-TNF and anti-IL-6 treatments for RA can only target one or the other. In addition, in early clinical studies it has not been associated with serious side effects known to occur with traditional immunosuppressive therapies that treat inflammation.

 

At the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders held on July 31, 2023, the stockholders approved a plan to merge the Company with and into a newly formed wholly owned subsidiary, MyMD Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“MyMD Delaware”), with MyMD Delaware being the surviving corporation, for the purpose of changing the Company’s state of incorporation from New Jersey to Delaware (the “Reincorporation”). The Reincorporation was effected as of March 4, 2024. In connection with the Reincorporation to Delaware, the par value of the common and preferred stock was changed to $0.001 per share.

 

On February 14, 2024, the Company effected a 1-for-30 reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”). Simultaneously with the Reverse Stock Split, number of shares of the Company’s common stock authorized for issuance was reduced from 500,000,000 shares to 16,666,666 shares, and our authorized capital stock was reduced from 550,000,000 shares to 66,666,666 shares. The Reverse Stock Split reduced the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, including shares held by the Company as treasury shares. All share amounts have been retroactively adjusted for the Reverse Stock Split.

 

On March 4, 2024 (the “Effective Date”), MyMD Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (“MyMD New Jersey”) merged with and into its wholly-owned subsidiary, MyMD Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“MyMD Delaware”), with MyMD Delaware being the surviving corporation, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 4, 2024, by and between MyMD New Jersey and MyMD Delaware (the “Plan of Merger”), for the purpose of changing the Company’s state of incorporation from New Jersey to Delaware (the “Reincorporation”).

 

MyMD Delaware is deemed to be the successor issuer of MyMD New Jersey under Rule 12g-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

The Reincorporation did not result in any change in the Company’s name, business, management, fiscal year, accounting, location of the principal executive offices, assets or liabilities. In addition, the Company’s common stock retained the same CUSIP number and continued to trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “MYMD.” Holders of shares of the Company’s common stock did not have to exchange their existing MyMD New Jersey stock certificates for MyMD Delaware stock certificates.

 

As of the Effective Date of the Reincorporation, the rights of the Company’s stockholders are governed by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the MyMD Delaware Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws of MyMD Delaware.

 

Recent Events

 

The February 2023 Offering

 

On February 21, 2023, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain accredited investors (the “Investors”), pursuant to which it agreed to sell to the Investors (i) an aggregate of 15,000 shares of the Company’s newly-designated Series F convertible preferred stock with a stated value of $1,000 per share, initially convertible into up to 6,651,885 shares (pre-split) of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”) at an initial conversion price of $2.255 per share (pre-split), subject to adjustment (the “Preferred Shares”), and (ii) warrants to acquire up to an aggregate of 6,651,885 shares (pre-split) of Common Stock, subject to adjustment (the “Warrants”) (collectively, the “February 2023 Offering”). Following the Reverse Stock Split, (i) the conversion price of the Preferred Shares was adjusted to $3.18 per share pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designations, and (ii) the exercise price of the Warrants was adjusted to $3.18 per share and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants was adjusted proportionately to 4,716,904 shares pursuant to the terms of the Warrants.

 

 

Series F Convertible Preferred Stock

 

The Preferred Shares became convertible upon issuance into Common Stock (the “Conversion Shares”) at the election of the holder at any time at an initial conversion price of $2.255 (pre-split) (as adjusted, the “Conversion Price”). The Conversion Price is subject to customary adjustments for stock dividends, stock splits, reclassifications and the like, and subject to price-based adjustment in the event of any issuances of Common Stock, or securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, at a price below the then-applicable Conversion Price (subject to certain exceptions). Following the Reverse Stock Split, the Conversion Price for the Preferred Shares was adjusted to $3.18 per share pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designations of Series F Convertible Preferred Stock, which was subsequently amended and restated by the filing of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations of Series F Convertible Preferred Stock, effective April 8, 2024 (as amended and restated, the “Certificate of Designations”). The Company is required to redeem the Preferred Shares in 12 equal monthly installments, commencing on July 1, 2023. The amortization payments due upon such redemption are payable, at the company’s election, in cash, or subject to certain limitations, in shares of Common Stock valued at the lower of (i) the Conversion Price then in effect and (ii) the greater of (A) 80% of the average of the three lowest closing prices of the Company’s Common Stock during the thirty trading day period immediately prior to the date the amortization payment is due or (B) a “Floor Price” of $6.60 (subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations, recapitalizations or other similar events) or, in any case, such lower amount as permitted, from time to time, by the Nasdaq Stock Market. On April 5, 2024, the Company entered into an Omnibus Waiver and Amendment (the “Omnibus Agreement”) with the Required Holders (as defined in the Certificate of Designations). Pursuant to the Omnibus Agreement, the Required Holders agreed (i) to defer payment of the installment amounts due on March 1, 2024, and April 1, 2024 (the “Installments”), under Section 9(a) of the Certificate of Designations, until May 1, 2024, and (ii) to waive any breach or violation of the Purchase Agreement, the Certificate of Designations, or the Warrants resulting from missing the Installments. The Company may require holders to convert their Preferred Shares into Conversion Shares if the closing price of the Common Stock exceeds $202.95 per share (subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations, recapitalizations or other similar events) for 20 consecutive trading days and the daily dollar trading volume of the Common Stock exceeds $3,000,000 per day during the same period and certain equity conditions described in the Certificate of Designations are satisfied.

 

The holders of the Preferred Shares are entitled to dividends of 10% per annum, compounded monthly, which is payable in cash or shares of Common Stock at the Company’s option, in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Triggering Event (as defined in the Certificate of Designations), the Preferred Shares accrue dividends at the rate of 15% per annum. Upon conversion or redemption, the holders of the Preferred Shares are also entitled to receive a dividend make-whole payment. Except as required by applicable law, the holders of the Preferred Shares are entitled to vote with holders of the Common Stock on as as-converted basis, with the number of votes to which each holder of Preferred Shares is entitled to be calculated assuming a conversion price of $60.21 per share, which was the Minimum Price (as defined in Rule 5635 of the Rule of the Nasdaq Stock Market) applicable immediately before the execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement, subject to certain beneficial ownership limitations as set forth in the Certificate of Designations. The Certificate of Designations further provides that the holders of record of the Preferred Shares, exclusively and as a separate class, shall be entitled to elect one director of the Company one time on or before June 30, 2024. During the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded dividends totaling $1,201,867 and $158,333, respectively, which are reported as Preferred Stock Dividends on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company’s ability to settle conversions and make amortization and dividend make-whole payments using shares of Common Stock is subject to certain limitations set forth in the Certificate of Designations. Further, the Certificate of Designations contains a certain beneficial ownership limitation after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of, or as part of any amortization payment or dividend make-whole payment under, the Certificate of Designations or Warrants.

 

The Certificate of Designations includes certain Triggering Events (as defined in the Certificate of Designations), including, among other things, the Company’s failure to pay any amounts due to the holders of the Preferred Shares when due. In connection with a Triggering Event, each holder of Preferred Shares will be able to require the Company to redeem in cash any or all the holder’s Preferred Shares at a premium set forth in the Certificate of Designations.

 

The Preferred Shares were determined to be more akin to a debt-like host than an equity-like host. The Company identified the following embedded features that are not clearly and closely related to the debt host instrument: 1) make-whole interest upon a contingent redemption event, 2) make-whole interest upon a conversion event, 3) an installment redemption upon an Equity Conditions Failure (as defined in the Certificate of Designations), and 4) variable share-settled installment conversion. These features were bundled together, assigned probabilities of being affected and measured at fair value. Subsequent changes in fair value of these features are recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss. The Company estimated at issuance the $3,149,800 fair value of the bifurcated embedded derivative at issuance using a Monte Carlo simulation model, with the following inputs; the fair value of our common stock of $1.90 on the issuance date, estimated equity volatility of 120.0%, estimated traded volume volatility of 190.0%, the time to maturity of 1.35 years, a discounted market interest rate of 6.8%, dividend rate of 10.0%, a penalty dividend rate of 15.0%, and probability of default of 0.5%. The fair value of the bifurcated derivative liabilities was estimated utilizing the with and without method which uses the probability weighted difference between the scenarios with the derivative and the plain vanilla maturity scenario without a derivative.

 

The discount to the fair value is included as a reduction to the carrying value of the Preferred Shares. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company recorded a total discount of $14,087,111 upon issuance of the Preferred Shares, which was comprised of the issuance date fair value of the associated embedded derivative of $3,149,800, stock issuance costs of $314,311 and the fair value of the Warrants of $10,623,000.

 

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded a gain of $61,000 and a loss of $120,700, respectively, related to the change in fair value of the derivative liabilities which is recorded in other income (expense) on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss. The Company estimated the $0 fair value of the bifurcated embedded derivative at March 31, 2024 using a Monte Carlo simulation model, with the following inputs; the fair value of our common stock of $2.39 on the valuation date, estimated equity volatility of 95.0%, estimated traded volume volatility of 175.0%, the time to maturity of 0.25 years, a discounted market interest rate of 6.2%, dividend rate of 10.0%, a penalty dividend rate of 15.0%, and probability of default of 1.5%.

 

Common Stock Warrants

 

Pursuant to the February 2023 Offering, the Company issued to investors Warrants to purchase 4,716,904 shares of Common Stock, with an exercise price of $3.18 per share (subject to adjustment), for a period of five years from the date of issuance. The Exercise Price and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are subject to customary adjustments for stock dividends, stock splits, reclassifications and the like, and subject to price-based adjustment, on a “full ratchet” basis, in the event of any issuances of Common Stock, or securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, at a price below the then-applicable Exercise Price (subject to certain exceptions). Upon any such price-based adjustment to the Exercise Price, the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants will be increased proportionately.

 

The Warrants were determined to be within the scope of ASC 480-10 as they are puttable to the Company at Holders’ election upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the agreements). As such, the Company recorded the Warrants as a liability at fair value with subsequent changes in fair value recognized in earnings. The Company utilized the Black Scholes Model to calculate the value of these warrants issued during the three months ended March 31, 2023. The fair value of the Warrants of $10,623,000 was estimated at the date of issuance using the following weighted average assumptions: dividend yield 0%; term of 5.0 years; equity volatility of 125.0%; and a risk-free interest rate of 4.09%.

 

Transaction costs incurred attributable to the issuance of the Warrants of $762,834 were immediately expensed in accordance with ASC 480.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company recorded a loss of $7,094,000 related to the change in fair value of the warrant liabilities which is recorded in other income (expense) on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss. The fair value of the Warrants of $7,961,000 was estimated at March 31, 2024 utilizing the Black Scholes Model using the following weighted average assumptions: dividend yield 0%; remaining term of 3.90 years; equity volatility of 110.0%; and a risk-free interest rate of 4.31%.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company recorded a gain of $1,750,000 related to the change in fair value of the warrant liabilities which is recorded in other income (expense) on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss. The fair value of the Warrants of $867,000 was estimated at March 31, 2023 utilizing the Black Scholes Model using the following weighted average assumptions: dividend yield 0%; remaining term of 4.15 years; equity volatility of 120.0%; and a risk-free interest rate of 3.91%.

 

On May 14, 2024, the Company entered into an Amendment (the “Amendment”) with the Investors in the February 2023 Offering, effective as of March 31, 2024. The Amendment modified certain terms of the Warrants relating to the rights of the holders of the Warrants to provide that, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Warrants) that is not within the Company’s control, including the Fundamental Transaction not being approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, the holder of the Warrant shall only be entitled to receive from the Company or any successor entity the same type or form of consideration (and in the same proportion), at the Black Scholes Value of the unexercised portion of such Warrant, that is being offered and paid to the holders of the Company’s common stock in connection with the Fundamental Transaction. The modification resulted in the reclassification of the Warrants to be considered equity classified as they were no longer in the scope of ASC 815. In accordance with ASC 815-40, the Company remeasured the Warrants at fair value as of March 31, 2024, the effective date of the modification, and recognized the change in fair value as a non-cash loss and reclassified the Warrants to additional paid-in capital at March 31, 2024.

 

Reduction in Workforce

 

During October and November 2023, the Company implemented a reduction in workforce, eliminating three of the Company’s ten employees. Separated employees were granted a severance package equal to one-quarter of their annual salary.

 

 

Executive Officer Contract Amendments and Separations

 

Effective November 13, 2023, the Company entered into an amendment to the employment agreement of Dr. Chris Chapman, its President and Chief Medical Officer, providing for Dr. Chapman’s annual base salary to be adjusted from five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) (the “Full Base Salary”) to two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) in cash per annum, until payment of his Full Base Salary would no longer jeopardize the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion. The amendment further provides that the remaining $250,000 of base salary per annum (the “Deferral Amount”) shall be deferred until payment of the Deferral Amount would no longer jeopardize the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, at which time the Deferral Amount may be paid, at Dr. Chapman’s election, in shares of Common Stock or in cash. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had recognized a salary deferral of $86,538 and $28,846, respectively, which is included in Deferred Compensation Payable on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

In connection with an overall reduction in compensation paid to the Company’s directors implemented in November 2023, effective November 13, 2023, the Company entered into an amendment to the employment agreement of Christopher C. Schreiber, a Director and the Company’s former Executive Chairman, providing for Mr. Schreiber’s annual fee to be adjusted from three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) (the “Full Fee”) to sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) in cash per annum, until payment of his Full Fee would no longer jeopardize the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion. The amendment further provides that the remaining $240,000 of the fees per annum (the “Fee Deferral Amount”) shall be deferred until payment of the Fee Deferral Amount would no longer jeopardize the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, at which time the Fee Deferral Amount may be paid, at Mr. Schreiber’s election, in shares of Common Stock or in cash. The amendment also clarified that Mr. Schreiber’s title is “Director.” As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had recognized a salary deferral of $83,077 and $27,692, respectively, which is included in Deferred Compensation Payable on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

Effective November 13, 2023, the Company entered into an amendment to the employment agreement of Dr. Adam Kaplin, its Chief Scientific Officer, providing that Dr. Kaplin’s employment and had an initial term of four months, which the parties had the option to mutually agree to extend for additional consecutive terms of one month each. The amendment further provided that, in the event of termination without cause by the Company prior to the end of the initial term, Dr. Kaplin shall receive his monthly base salary through the end of the initial term. The amendment further provided that all outstanding and unvested shares granted pursuant to the Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement, dated June 7, 2023, between the Company and Dr. Kaplin shall accelerate upon the termination of Dr. Kaplin’s employment. Dr. Kaplin’s amendment further provided that, in the event of a termination for any reason prior to the end of the first renewal term following the end of the initial term, the Company will continue to cover the costs of Dr. Kaplin’s health insurance coverage through the end of the first renewal term, subject to the execution and timely return of a release. Dr. Kaplin’s employment was terminated effective April 15, 2024.

 

Effective November 13, 2023, the Company entered into a mutual employment separation agreement with Paul M. Rivard, its Chief Legal Officer. The separation agreement provides for a lump-sum severance payment equal to three months of his normal base salary in exchange for a waiver and release. The separation agreement further provides that Mr. Rivard will be deemed a contractor providing services to the Company for purposes of any awards previously granted to him under the 2021 Plan if at the relevant time(s) he is providing services to the Company while under the employ of a law firm representing the Company.

 

Director’s Deferral of Board Service Fees

 

On November 13, 2023, the Board approved certain adjustments to the director fees. Mr. Silverman’s fees were decreased from $216,000 to $60,000 annually, with payment of the excess amount of $156,000 deferred until the date that payment of such amount would no longer jeopardize the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, at which time such amount may be paid, at Mr. Silverman’s election, in shares of Common Stock or in cash. Messrs. Eagle’s, Uzonwanne’s, and White’s fees were decreased from $96,000 to $60,000 annually, with payment of the excess amounts of $36,000 per director deferred until the date that payment of such amounts would no longer jeopardize the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, at which time such amounts may be paid, at each director’s election, in shares of Common Stock or in cash. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had recognized a board fee deferral of $110,000 and $44,000, respectively, which is included in Deferred Compensation Payable on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.